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Ceske Budejovice – The Gateway to India – Excellent!

On the day the London 2012 Olympics officially open The Friends of Hector find themselves in Ceske Budejovice in the South of the Czech republic. There is a World Famous Brewery here – Budvar -, and Curry-Heute reported. Hunger took … Continue reading

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Praha – Hector’s Birthday Curry – Return to the Royal Bengal

Today is officially Hector’s Fifth Birthday, there was even Birthday Cake! The Hector Saga began in Prague in 2007 on the Summer Trip to celebrate Robin’s 60th. On the Sunday lunchtime those of us who had abandoned our plan to … Continue reading

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Berlin – Naveena Path – How They Treat The Regulars

The first day of Hector’s Heroic Homecoming Fifty metres from Pension Braun in the Garden Suburb of Wedding lies the Naveena Path (Tegeler Straße 22, 13353, Wedding, Berlin). Yvonne looked bemused as Hector made it clear that this was in … Continue reading

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Cafe Salma – an astonishing Curry

The day had dawned once again when it was time to take The Mother of Hector for lunch, Café Salma (523 Sauchiehall St, Charing X, Glasgow G3 7PQ)  would be a rare treat, little did I know that hector was … Continue reading

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Yadgar! Hector is Home

Curry in Berlin, Prague, Budapest and Crawley, yes Crawley. There will be more Dan Sath (sic) Adventures in September, meanwhile Hector has returned Home to refuel. Berlin and Prague will be visited again, soon. If there was to be one … Continue reading

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Crawley – SWAGAT at the Ram Sports & Social Club

Once upon a times it was the Lal Akash, now it is SWAGAT at the Ram Sports and Social Club (West Green Pavillion, Ifield Avenue, Crawley, RH11 7LX). Either way it is a venue Lord Clive of Crawley has held … Continue reading

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Jai Ho at The Coppingham Arms

For fourteen years, Lord Clive of Crawley was the Quizmaster at the Coppingham Arms in Horley (Surrey), that was then, this is now. Having collected Marg and Hector from Gatwick at the end of their Summer Sojourn there had to … Continue reading

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Budapest – The Delhi Darbar

As we dragged our bags down from Budapest Main Station and finally located the street with the Hotel Zara it was fitting that 50m before it Hector spotted Delhi Darbar (Dohany Street 54, 1074, Budapest), it took until this evening … Continue reading

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Prague – Royal Bengal

It is Day 2 in Prague as part of the Summer Tour of Eastern Europe.  I have never had a Bad Curry in Prague, though I have not had many. Around the corner from a famous Prague Pub – U … Continue reading

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Prague – Indian Jewel

The last week has been difficult from an eating perspective, most of it spent avoiding German Pork dishes and Ost-Deutsch Bier. Today Marg and Hector moved on to Phase 5 of their summer Tour of Europe and found ourselves in … Continue reading

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